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Edwin Trevathan, MD, Child Neurology, Nashville, TN

Edwin Trevathan MD MPH

Epilepsy


Amos Christie Chair in Global Health; Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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  • 3601 The Vanderbilt ClinicNashville, TN 37232

  • Phone+1 615-322-3000

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Summary

  • Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH, a pediatric neurology and epidemiologist, is the Amos Christie Chair in Global Health and professor of pediatrics and neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Education & Training

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Officer, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology, 1987 - 1989
  • Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital
    Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Child Neurology, 1986 - 1987
  • Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1984 - 1986
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1984
  • Emory University
    Emory UniversityMPH, Epidemiology, 1979 - 1982

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2016 - 2028
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 1998 - 2026
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1987 - 2021
  • KY State Medical License
    KY State Medical License 1995 - 1999
  • Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Member Alpha Omega Alpha

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Update: Interim Guidance for the Evaluation and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus Infection – United States, August 2016  
    Russell K, Lewis L, Barfield WD, Cragan J, Meaney-Delman D, Staples JE, Fischer M, Peacock G, Oduyebo T, Petersen EE, Zaki S, Moore CA, Rasmussen SA, Trevathan E, MMWR Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report, 1/1/2016
  • Long-term exposure to urban air pollution and lung cancer mortality: a 12-year cohort study in northern China  
    Chen X, Zhang L, Huang J, Song F, Zhang L, Qian Z, Trevathan E, Mao H, Han B, Vaughn M, Chen K, Liu Y, Chen J, Zhao B, Jiang G, Gu Q, Bai Z, Dong G, Tang N, Science and the Total Environment, 1/1/2016
  • Racial disparity in the association between body mass index and self-reported asthma in children: a population-based study  
    Joseph M, Elliott M, Zelicoff A, Qian Z, Trevathan E, Chang JJ, J Asthma, 1/1/2016

Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Management of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
    Trevathan E, First Ibero-american Virtual Neurology Congress, 1/15/1998
  • Diagnosis and Management of Partial Seizures in Children
    Trevathan E, First Ibero-american Virtual Neurology Congress, 1/15/1998

Lectures

  • Zika Virus and Congenital Brain Malformations 
    1/1/2017
  • Zika Virus for Child Neurologists 
    Vancouver, Canada - 1/1/2016
  • Infantile Spasms and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome 
    Boston, MA - 1/1/2003

Other

  • Epilepsy education needs assessment: The first phase of epilepsy program development in rural Honduras 
    Trevathan E, Madrid A, Alvarez C, Myrick J, EPICADEC News
    1/1/1997
  • Saint Louis University’s Dr. Edwin Trevathan is Leading the Charge to Preserve Public Health – Local and Global 
    Trevathan E, St. Louis Magazine
    1/7./2012
  • Managing an epidemic: Security implications of the Ebola outbreak. Interview with Edwin Trevathan, M.D., M.P.H. 
    Trevathan E, Strife
    King’s College, London - 1/19/2014

Press Mentions

  • New Appointments Bolster VUMC’s Missions
    New Appointments Bolster VUMC’s MissionsDecember 14th, 2017
  • Trevathan Named Director for the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
    Trevathan Named Director for the Vanderbilt Institute for Global HealthNovember 20th, 2017
  • VIGH Receives Federal Grants to Fight Kidney Disease
    VIGH Receives Federal Grants to Fight Kidney DiseaseOctober 12th, 2017

Grant Support

  • Scaling Up Task-Shifted Epilepsy Care (SHIFT)VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2025–2030
  • The Sahel Epilepsy Epidemiology and Genomics Study (SEEG)VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2025–2030
  • Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital-Bayero University Kano-Vanderbilt: Developing Future Leaders in Child Neurology and Epilepsy Research (ABV)VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2021–2026
  • Childhood Status Epilepticus and Epilepsy Determinants of Outcome (SEED) – EEG and MRI SupplementVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2020–2025
  • Childhood Status Epilepticus and Epilepsy Determinants of Outcome (SEED) – EEG and MRI SupplementVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER2020–2025

Committees

  • Member, NINDS/NIH Advisory Council 2019 - Present

Professional Memberships

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